Miners strike - Eyewitness account of picket line violence

Title

Miners strike - Eyewitness account of picket line violence

Genre

Interview

TX Date

13 Mar 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:02:46

Description

Unidentified male eyewitness on the coal miners’ picket line action in Ollerton, Nottinghamshire, where miner David Jones died. Speaker describes how bottles, sticks, bricks and stones were thrown. He saw Jones drop to the ground; no one thought he was seriously hurt at first. Speaker now regrets his involvement in the violence. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

Deaths; Strikes; Labour disputes; Violence; Coal industry; Coal miners; Coal Strike (1984-1985); Nottinghamshire; David Jones; Ollerton Colliery

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